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Steve Chen & Chad Hurley

Sold to Google for $1.65 billion within a year of its launch, YouTube will be saluted for its role in reshaping everything from politics to pop culture over the past year. Co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley will accept The Webby Person of the Year Award in recognition of their stewardship of the video-sharing sensation that revolutionized online entertainment and heralded a new era of the Internet.